Completed Event Summary
This is a summary of major PNNA or ANA related events completed within the past year or two, with the most recently completed events at the top.
To see upcoming events, please return to the welcome page, or see the event calendar. For older events, see the summaries by decade and year under the “News” menu, or see back issues of The Nor’wester.
2024
COMPLETE!
Washington State (Puyallup) Fair
We hope you had the opportunity to attend and visit the PNNA display in the Hobby Hall. This year’s Fair ran from August 30-September 22, 2024. See the PNNA Fair webpage or see the 2024 Hobby Hall volunteer schedule. Still have questions or wish to volunteer for next year? Please contact Hobby Hall/Fair coordinator Rick Schulz via email at richardf53@yahoo.com, or by telephone at 253-535-0690. For general numismatic questions, you can also email info@pnna.org.
The 3rd Q 2024 edition of The Nor’wester is available. This is a short two-page edition with an updated president’s message and Fair coordinator’s message. The 4th Q fall coin show edition is 24 pages and in full color again. The 3rd Q edition was mailed to subscribers on July 8, 2024.
COMPLETE!
World’s Fair of Money® (ANA anniversary convention)
This year’s convention was held August 6-10, 2024, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont (Chicago), Ill.
ANA Summer Seminar
This year’s seminar was held June 16-26, 2024, in Colorado Springs, CO. Each year’s seminar has two four-day (Sunday-Wednesday) class sessions. A course catalog is available online from the ANA. Please consider applying for a PNNA or ANA scholarship in 2025.
National Coin Week
April 21-27, 2024. This was the 101st NCW (100th anniversary), and the theme was “A Hobby for a Changing World – 100 Years and Counting.”
PNNA Convention and Spring Coin Show (73rd Annual) Tukwila, Washington – April 12-14, 2024. For full spring show information, please see the event page at https://www.pnna.org/wp/events/spring/. See the dealer list for the 2024 spring coin show in Tukwila.
See the 2024 PNNA Convention Report (with some photos).
See the 2nd Q 2024 edition of The Nor’wester with feature articles about silver dollars. Free paper copies were available at the PNNA spring coin show and were mailed on 3/21 to members subscribed to paper copies.
The ANA NATIONAL MONEY SHOW® was held March 14-16, 2024, at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Boeing Employee’s Coin Show was held January 20-21, 2024, in Kent, Washington. Although this is not a PNNA-sponsored event, it is one of the larger shows in the Northwest, and the PNNA may participate in Scouting or other programs at the show, as well as have a board meeting.
The 1st Quarter 2024 edition of The Nor’wester (see blog post) contains information about PNNA awards and scholarships for 2024.
2023
The Salem Coin & Stamp Show was held December 2-3, 2023, at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem. Although this show is not a PNNA-sponsored event, it is one of the larger shows in the Northwest, and the PNNA may participate in programs at the show. There were also new printed PNNA events calendars available at this show.
The WCC Portland fall coin show was held November 4-5, 2023, in Clackamas. (Dealer list available on linked website.)
The PNNA fall coin show was held October 6-8, 2023, in Tukwila. See the dealer list.
See the 4th Q 2023 edition of The Nor’wester with feature articles about tokens and medals. Free paper copies were available at the PNNA fall coin show. Copies were mailed on 9/20 to PNNA members subscribed to paper copies.
Washington State (Puyallup) Fair
We hope you had the opportunity to attend and visit the PNNA display. The Fair ran from September 1-24, 2023. See the PNNA Fair webpage. Still have questions or wish to volunteer for next year? Please contact Hobby Hall/Fair coordinator Rick Schulz via email at richardf53@yahoo.com, or by telephone at 253-535-0690. For general numismatic questions, you can also email info@pnna.org.
World’s Fair of Money® (ANA anniversary convention)
The convention was held August 8-12, 2023, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The 3rd Q 2023 edition of The Nor’wester is available. This is a short two-page edition but has an updated president’s message and Fair coordinator’s message. The 4th Q fall coin show edition will be 24 pages and in full color again. The 3rd Q edition was mailed to subscribers on July 8, 2023.
ANA Summer Seminar
The seminar was held June 17-29, 2023, in Colorado Springs, CO. Summer Seminar was cancelled for 2020-2021, but returned in 2022. Each year’s seminar has two one-week sessions. A course catalog was available online.
National Coin Week
April 16-22, 2023. This was the 100th NCW, and the theme was “Our Money, Our Heritage, Our America.”
We hope you enjoyed the show!
See 2023 PNNA Convention Report & Video on the blog.
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
PNNA Convention and Spring Coin Show (72nd Annual)
April 14-16, 2023, in Tukwila, WA
See the 2nd Q 2023 edition of The Nor’wester with a feature article by Tom Sparks about the amazing Bissell short snorter, which was on display at the ANA NMS in Phoenix in early March! Free paper copies were available at the PNNA Convention. Copies were mailed on 3/20 to PNNA members subscribed to paper copies.
SCC Meeting – Guests could attend the Seattle Coin Club Thursday evening meeting (April 13 at 6 p.m.), also at the Tukwila Community Center. Jeff Shevlin, “The So-Called Dollar Guy,” was the speaker. For the past several years, Jeff has been writing new books on So-Called Dollars, that have expanded the knowledge base of this interesting niche of numismatics. You could also meet Jeff at the convention over the weekend.
The ANA NATIONAL MONEY SHOW® was held March 2-4, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Boeing Employee’s Coin Show was held January 21-22, 2023, in Kent, Washington. Although this show is not a PNNA-sponsored event, it is one of the largest shows in the Northwest, and the PNNA may participate in Scouting or other programs at the show, as well as have a board meeting at the show.
The 1st Quarter 2023 edition of The Nor’wester contains information about PNNA awards and scholarships for 2023. See the blog post with a link and describing the contents. Paper copies were mailed to subscribers by Dec. 22, 2022.
2020-2022
Please see 2022 news page for 2022 events.
Please see 2021 news page for 2021 events.
Please see 2020 news page for 2020 events.
To see upcoming events, please return to the welcome page, or see the event calendar. For older events, see the summaries by decade and year under the “News” menu, or see back issues of The Nor’wester.